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My 6 month old has developed a lump on her neck. I've noticed about a week ago. It started off small and on the left side of her neck, now it has gotten bigger and now moved to the right side of her neck close to her head. it has a soft spot to it but hard mainly. The skin on it is yellow in...

I'm don't think that getting different breeds would be a problem as long as you introduce them well. I would keep your new chicks separated while they are young, because they are more susceptible to diseases when they are young. It's no different than puppies, kittens or children. They have...

Have you read up on Merak's Disease? I started with 5 hens in September 2011 and I've lost 3 now less than 6 months later. They all started to "breath". Merak's is the most common thing in chickens that they catch and kill quickly.

Well Glenda is now "breathing" which is defiantly Meraks. My belief is where you get your chickens from. Most chickens are from hatcheries which to me is no different than a puppy mill. I will probably start raising my own chicks. I've looked on Craigslist, and this site and googled for...

Why are cranberries good for Merak's Disease?

I started with 5 chicks and 1 rooster back in August and her less than six months later I have lost 2 from Merak's and another one this week, totaling three. I have a very large coop that I keep very clean and well ventilated. My first that died was under 6months of age and she showed the...

This is Glenda(black&white) and Delaware(red)

Oh and one more thing...Glenda is almost a year old started to lay eggs 3 weeks ago and stopped laying a week and a half ago.

I don't have any pics of my chickens and dog together but I do have a story. I have 3 dogs Axle, Steelie and Harley. Harley is 10 years old and is a beagle mutt. She has turned out to be the best dog around. She loves going in the run with me. Harley sits there patiently while I hand feed...

Alright people, I have a sick chicken and I am so confused on what it could be. Her are Glenda's symptoms: stands away from others, doesn't eat much, weight loss, drinks ALOT of water, diarrhea that is clearish to a white in color. At first I was thinking Meraks but now I'm not sure. I've...

Alright...I don't know what's going on. One day I think its Meraks another day I read and it could be Cocci? Her are her symptoms. She is not eating as much, still eats some, stands away from the others, has diarrhea that is clearish to a white color, has lost weight, her wings don't look...

I will never use hay again. I hope pine shavings don't hold dust and mold like hay does

I cleaned out all the hold hay spraying it down with water in the process to help prevent any dust and tossed it all out. Then I cleaned out all the nesting boxes and washed those out real good and sprayed everything down in their coop to wash down all the dust. I went and got some fresh large...

Stands alone, doesn't seem to want to eat, wings relaxing, when I pick her up she seems like she has lost weight. I had breakfast this morning with a friend that her family has raised chickens their whole life. I asked her to ask her father and I he helped me figure it out. About 1 month of...

I have a coop that is 6' by 12'. In the coop I have their roosting limbs, nesting boxes and a water bowl. I do have hay covering the ground, which is dirt. In the run is dirt also. I really didn't know about the DLM until now. The main reason why I'm just reading about it is because I...

It has gotten cold, I live in Houston, Texas so it doesn't get cold enough or at least I thought. It did happen out of no where and when we did have a "cold" snap. However, the other chickens do not seem to be affected by the weather too much. I have 2 heat lamps i in their coop where they...